Category Archives: 2016

Last club outing of the season and, as has tended to be the case, we got reasonable conditions. Decidedly cool, but decent cover, and light winds. Dougie Skedd and I set out our stall to go looking for risers in the quiet corners with dry fly. We found the quiet corners and we found the…

Distinctly cooler day than of late, but nice light wind and partial cloud cover made for a day of decent conditions. With rising fish being seen, John Wastle and I set out with dries. However, as has often been the case (for some of us) at Coldingham this season, the fish proved very tricky to…

Not a bad day at all, given the dodgy weather that came before and after it. The wind was a bit gusty, but settled for a lot of the time. It felt a lot cooler and fresher and generally more autumnal than at any time before, this year. Bob Whyte and I set out, with…

The weather forecast for the day was promising, although on arrival it was a bit bright with a quite cool westerly breeze. There were a few fish showing near the jetty as we got ready, but unfortunately they disappeared pretty quickly and in the morning rising fish were seen only in a few areas. Later…

Keith Logan reports: It was a day probably best spent on the shore by Jimmy Nairn’s with a BBQ or maybe take the pleasure boat out to Inchmaholme. The sun was splitting the sky and there was very little breeze; drifting was but a dream. There were occasional fish rising, but they tended to come…

Keith Logan reports: An interesting day at Frandy. For a start, Trevor’s boat partner accidentally picked up the wrong rod for Trevor and our two clubmates proceeded to head out onto the water unaware of the grievous error. I was left trying to placate a not surprisingly confused and frustrated angler from another club, and…

At last, a half-decent day of conditions on Coldingham – albeit decidedly cool in the morning, given recent temperatures. The water was carrying a lot of Volvox algae, making it look a bit like the Olympic diving pool, but it was not bad enough to stop the fish from seeing the flies we offered them.…

After a bit of a heatwave during the week, the conditions turned out a lot cooler than most of us were expecting. However, they were pretty decent – a moderate southerly breeze and good cloud cover for most of the day. Ed Green and I started out on sedgey dries, having seen sedges in evidence,…

Mid-summer on the Lake sounds good on paper. What about on the water? The wind was from the west, strong, swirling and squally. We had cloud cover, but it was still very bright, with reflections from the water surface such that you could not see your flies. The air temperature was 15°C and the water…

For me this evening session started at 0845 hrs. This was when Ken, the fishery manager, rang to ask if we had a day session or an evening session. He then went on to say that Trevor and Garry had arrived thinking it was a day session. However, as it was an evening session they…